
Getting over the shock, she goes about the day, taking Hiromi's clean-up duty upon her request.

At school, she is freaked out when she finds a number of individually-boxed mice in her shoe locker. At Haru's place, cat tail plants surround their house, and as she heads to school, a number of cats chase after her (Haru surmises that she must have some catnip on her). Her friend Hiromi has awoken to find numerous lacrosse sticks outside her door. Her ponderings are soon put to rest when a number of things happen. The next day, Haru wakes up, wondering if it was a dream. Natori explains that the Cat King thanks Haru for saving his son, and she is presented with a scroll, that gives information about numerous gifts she will receive for her good deed. Among the procession are the Cat King, his Prime Minister Natori, and a servant cat named Natoru. Then eventually stop outside Haru's house, and she comes outside. Later that night, Haru hears something outside, and sees a procession of cats walking down the street. Haru's Mother claims that Haru told her that the kitten talked to her, but Haru doesn't recall anything like that happening. Haru then took pity on the kitten, and gave her the whole box. Supposedly, a dirty white kitten was following her as she ate fish crackers. Her Mother explains that it sounds like something that happened when Haru was little.

Later that evenin, Haru tells her Mother about the incident. When Haru relates the incident to Hiromi, her friend can scarcely believe it either. It then gets back on all fours, and rushes off. Unseen by anyone but Haru, the cat then stands on it's hind legs, and thanks her for saving him. In the middle of the street, the cat drops it, and attempts to pick it up, unaware that a large truck is heading towards it! Haru grabs her friend's lacrosse stick, and running into the street, saves the cat, before collapsing into some bushes and breaking the lacrosse stick. As they walk down a busy street, they see a dark cat carrying a small box in his mouth. After school, walking home with her friend Hiromi, Haru curses her misfortune.

Rushing to school, she comes in late for class, to mocking laughter from her classmates, and even from one guy in her class whom she has a crush on. A young girl named Haru awakens to another day, where it seems she's a few steps behind everything.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
